Improvement in shifting top-rails for buggies



J. H. HARTER."

v Improvement in Shifting -Top Rail for Buggies.

Patented June 25,1872.

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WITNESS W Q UNITED STATES JOHN H. HARTER, OF NEVADA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIFTING TOP-RAILS FOR BUGGIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,305, dated June 25, 1872.

calash-top of buggies is attached, which is very readily removed or adjusted,-and which,

, when the top is removed, leaves the raised back rail of the seat in its place, whereby the comfort and convenience of the buggy-seat remains the same whether the top is on or off.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a buggy-seat embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the said top-rail. A represents a buggy-seat constructed in the usual form, having brace-irons B B B for strengthening it. 0 is a raised back-rail supported by irons D D, which are secured to the top edge of the seat by screws E E. F is my improved calash-top rail; This I make to fit around the back and ends of the top edge of the seat. The ends of said rail F are bent outward and arranged to receive the bows of the calash-top. The said rail F is also provided with arms G G, which lie on the top edge of the seat, and holes or slotsin them for the purpose of securing it to the seat, the said screws E E serving to hold it as well as the raised back G. The rail F has attached to it and supports the calash-top.

When it is desired to remove or shift a calash-top having my improved shifting-rail, the screws E E are loosened, when the arms G G, having slots in them, allow the top to be removed by slipping it backward sufficient to release the said arms from the screws, the raised back 0 remaining in place, and the screws again screwed down.

This makes a very easily managed and convenient shifting top-rail for buggies. I am aware that shifting top-rails have been employed before, but none have been so constructcd as to leave the raised back-rail on the seat, but which has been removed with the 

